Chapter 102 Han’s intention to retreat

Fan Yi casually answered Lu Jun’s question: “There is only a little bit of finishing work left here, and it is not a small amount of manpower in Lu. You can set off to the river now. I guess we will be finished here when you cross the river.”

Ji Wuzi bowed and bowed: "Since that's the case, our Lu army retreated first."

Fan Yi bowed to the other two coalition commanders: "Next, how to arrange the order of withdrawal? What do you think?"

When Jin led the coalition forces to attack, they always went to the first place in war and absolutely cut off the rear when retreating. This is not to show their courage, but to be worried about the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces and refuse to place their safety on others. Therefore, Fan Yi's so-called "discussing the order of withdrawal" can automatically ignore the people of Jin and discuss the rest of the retreat order - they are cut off the rear after all.

Sun Lin's father thought for a while and replied: "The widow (Duke Xian of Wei) has an unstable mentality. I have been fighting all year round. Now, the Rong Shoulong period of Wei is coming soon. I will follow the Lu army and retreat first."

Cao Bo did not fight and replied casually: "Since that's the case, my Cao Bo's army will stay with Xu Guo to accompany the Jin army in the end."

The withdrawal work was carried out in the stereotyped and orderly rhythm of the Jin people. Three days later, the coalition forces withdrew from the Dun Kingdom, leaving only a piece of ruins behind them.

Fan Yi returned to the military camp and found that Zhao Wu was wandering around in the city without doing anything. He quickly called Zhao Wu and saluted solemnly: "I shouldn't have explained to you at this time, but we were in a war before, so we couldn't let the troops of the various countries know that there was a grudge between the generals of the Jin army. Therefore, when I saw you in Dun Kingdom, I did not explain anything.

Now that the war is over, I will apologize to you: I, Ah Yi, have not thought about it carefully. I originally wanted to defend your Jipi Yacheng and enhance the safety of the coalition's food supply, but I did not expect that it violated your rights and interests. I apologize to you."

Fan Yi's apology is sincere. If he ends up, he doesn't say "offended your rights", but says "causing your misunderstanding", that is, he makes a comeback and puts the shit basin on Zhao Wu's head again. It is equivalent to saying in a vague way that the cause of the conflict is Zhao Wu's scruples, and he is selfless...

There is no need for too much explanation among smart people. Zhao Wu bowed and expressed his attitude: "The ruler's power is sacred, and the rule of authority is sacred - these are the two major laws of the Spring and Autumn Period. My leaders' attitude was a bit too intense in the process of maintaining my rule of authority, but this is in line with the rules of the Spring and Autumn Period. I hope you can understand this.

I accepted your apology. I, Zhao Wu, are just a small family and a small force. The most precious thing about Zhao's family is their own authority. Fan Junzuo, my relationship with you in the past is not too bad. I hope that similar incidents will not happen again in the future."

Fan Yi laughed and changed the topic: "Do you know about the change of Chu State's order to the imperial court?"

Zhao Wu nodded, and Fan Yi immediately added: "It seems that no one will replace our Rong Shou Chen State. The troops in the country must shock Qi State, and the marshal will not send the army out easily."

Zhao Wu nodded and agreed: "In other words, we will eventually lose the State of Chen - the Lu army has already set off, the Guard army is about to leave, the Cao army is not worth mentioning, whether we have follow-up reinforcements, our army has only two months left, and the soldiers have to spend three months walking back. In this way, five months have been put in a vacuum of military strength, enough for the new Chu State Order Zinang to organize a force attack - the final result is: our army has just arrived in the country, and the Chu army has arrived in Chen."

Fan Yi sighed: "Although this is the case, we, Jin people, have always started and ended well. Even though we know that Chen may be betrayal, we must manage this military city well."

Fan Yi's words were both reminders and orders. He saw Zhao Wu wandering around in vain and thought that Zhao Wu was already disheartened about running the city, so he deliberately slacked off. This was not in line with the usual attitude of the people of Jin, so he kindly reminded him.

Zhao Wu replied lazily: "Since we have only two months of Rong Shoulong, we only have time to sow the rice seeds. The harvest is not under the control of the people of Jin. My work is reduced by half... Besides, aren't you responsible for the logistics? It seems that your work has not been handed over."

Fan Yi thought, it was right. Zhao Wu was responsible for attacking the Dun Kingdom for this period. Now that the war has ended and the new job has not been handed over, he naturally wandered around in vain. "Although Dun Kingdom is young, I heard that the singing and dancing of Dun Kingdom is very good. The voice of Dun Kingdom women is as gentle as a yellow oriole. You should enter the city first, haven't you picked a few Dun Kingdom beauties for yourself?"

Shi Yi means: "The Great War is won. You don't hold the beauty in your room and have fun all night to celebrate your victory. Why are you wandering around here?"

Don’t mention this, when you mention this, Zhao Wu became angry: "The outstanding beauty of Dun Country, the outstanding singer must be in the palace city. I have not seen a woman in the palace city yet. I said, "I will give you the fattest meat in Dun Country to you. What gifts have you given me so far?"

Shi Yi smiled and asked, "If I don't give you beautiful women, will you gain nothing? I don't believe it!"

Zhao Wu replied disappointedly: "The commander is my father-in-law."

Fan Yi laughed: "I knew it was like this - it's okay, I heard that you like to collect 'Yingyuan Chu Kingdom Gold Coins)'. I found a lot of this thing in the Palace of King Dun. This thing is useless to me. I will give you half of it and exchange your saddle skills."

Zhao Wu retorted: "Fan Yi, you are so greedy - I broke through the capital of Dun Kingdom and surrounded the palace city. I didn't launch an attack for three days, just to leave this honor to you. Not to mention the value of this honor, if I broke through the palace city before, the things in the palace city are mine, including what you plan to give me now.

You give me the things that originally belonged to me, and don’t mention the honor I specially left you, and you are embarrassed to ask me for saddle skills... Well, Fan Yi and Fan Junzuo, when you go out in the future, don’t say you know me.”

Fan Yi smiled awkwardly: "What you said seems to make sense. OK, Yingyuan gives you half, and the rest of the palace city will be seized, and I will give you another 30% of it. But you want to give me the saddle technology. This thing is really great. With this thing, you can ride on a horse and shoot arrows. Didn't you use this technology to continuously attack and break through the state of Xu and Dun? We are all from Jin, so it's better to give me this technology than to leave it to Chen."

Zhao Wu touched his chin and pondered: "That's the case, then will my Zhao family be involved in the pottery making industry in the future?"

Fan Yi glared at Zhao Wu fiercely: "You are so embarrassed to ask this sentence? Your words made me realize: You are more shameless than me - my Fan family has been in charge of the pottery making industry for many years, and no one dares to offend it, but you used porcelain as an opportunity to enter the pottery making industry... Do you think your family makes less ceramics now?"

Zhao Wu's face was not blushing, and his heart was not beating: "In the past, my family produced experimental products, which were small batches, and were sold secretly to the outside world. If we could obtain the Fan family's permission, wouldn't that be better?"

Fan Yi didn't want to agree, but then he thought: Everything in the world has always been spoken by strength. The Fan family has a larger population than the Zhao family. If the Fan family obtains cavalry skills, it will greatly overwhelm the Zhao family in terms of strength. With the strength as a backing, are you still afraid that Zhao Wu will be too arrogant?

"It's changed!" Fan Yi agreed fiercely, afraid that Zhao Wu would propose other conditions, so he shook his sleeves and climbed up to the high platform to report to the commander.

In fact, Fan Yi didn’t know that the saddles owned by the cavalry were nothing. What was really valuable was tactical ideas, and the tactical ideas of the cavalry seemed to be that time now, Zhao Wu had not yet used them on a large scale. In the era of military chariots, it was difficult to change the traditional military chariot thinking!

The rest of the days were spent in Zhao Wu's laziness. His emotions infected his soldiers, and the soldiers also showed a lazy expression. One day, one day, waiting for the end of Rongqi.

The soldiers felt that the peace after the war was very rare, but the captured people of Dun Kingdom could not feel it. They were busy building their own houses under the supervision of the soldiers of Xu State. When the residence of the servants of Dun Kingdom was built, they were driven to sort out, sow seeds, and renovate water conservancy...

Since then, the sound of soldiers' games has been heard from Wuchang City. The militarist country of Jin really likes bloody team competitions similar to football and baseball. It is okay to say that Zhaocheng has developed for many years, and the rules and protective equipment of the game have been perfected. In comparison, rugby, a rough sport that can be hugged, hugged, dropped, pressed, and brutal collisions. Although there are rules, the soldiers of Jin who have nowhere to vent their energy do not strictly abide by it.

These days, a major league is being held in the city. I heard that even the auxiliary soldiers of various countries have formed teams to participate. Their fanatical shouts made the captains of Dun Kingdom who were working in the fields uneasy.

"It's really rough", a farmer from Dunguo sighed: "I went to the city to deliver vegetables that day. After a while, a few people were carried down with blood and blood. The people next to them kept cheering at them... This group of northerners is really rough."

Another farmer from Dunguo said: "That's it! This group of people never seemed to be afraid of being injured. Only a few days later, I saw that the injured players appeared again. There were a few iron cards on their chests, saying that they were rewarding their heroic injured medals. Those people had small iron cards on their chests, standing at the gate of the city to bask in the sun, and their nostrils were raised to the sky... I just couldn't figure out, what's the pride for being injured in the game?"

There was also a farmer in the country of Dun sighing: "This is life: fighting forward, playing with one's own life, eating well, dressing well... I also heard that their warriors do not pay taxes."

"Tsk, which samurai master in the world pays taxes? They pay the tuition!"

In this lazy atmosphere, March arrived, and the Cao army first set out. After that, after the Jin and Xu army handed over the houses in Wuchang City to Chen, they also started to set out one after another.

When the Jin army came, Zhao Wu's new army was the pioneer. When he retreated, because Zhao Wu had too many luggage, he became the defender of the entire army. His father-in-law Xun Ying was really helpless. Although the Lu army who returned to China in advance, the guards took away tens of thousands of Chu prisoners and technical workers from Xu Guodun for Zhao Wu, the young and middle-aged prisoners who were incorporated into the army and the property plundered by Zhao Wu in the two countries were still filled with thousands of large trucks.

Although all the Zhao chariots were filled, many of the seized items were still not loaded and had to be discarded. The finances Zhao Wu assigned to the soldiers in advance made each Zhao soldier's luggage heavy - they could no longer fight.

However, even so, Xun Ying was relieved to hand over the guard task to Zhao Wu. Because even if the Jin army could not fight, they were still "troops that could not fight in the hegemonic country". The bandits along the way did not dare to provoke them at all, and the regular army of the countries along the way... From Chen State to the north, all the countries along the way were brothers of Jin State. Besides, with the examples of Xu State and Dun State being destroyed, who would dare to provoke the Jin Army?

The army entered the King of Chengzhou, and Zhao Wu was "original" in his manor, and invited the generals of Jin and the King of Cao. The King of Cao was about to break up with the Jin army in Wangye, and he would lead the army back to the country directly... Of course, he also brought his own spoils.

"The benefits are good for this trip," Uncle Cao got drunk and couldn't help but say what he said in his heart.

Of course, Cao Bo did not say, "This war does not look like a Spring and Autumn War because it has benefits."

In fact, in the Spring and Autumn Period, all countries paid attention to benefits when fighting. Wars were means of external plunder, and the difference was only the size of the benefits. Later generations, Confucius commented on this kind of war that paid attention to benefits as: "There is no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period." He meant that the purpose of launching a war should not be to plunder externally to make their people rich, but to fight for justice.

Cao Bo used to fight frequently with the Jin army, but the war he experienced in the past was either head-on and head-on exchange or a punishment war. The former suffered heavy losses even if he won; the latter was victorious, and the Jin army enjoyed the benefits of the war - taxation, and the small countries who participated in the war could only get some leftovers. How could it be like this battle? The small troops who participated in the war played a role as a supporting role in the war, but their salary was incredibly high.

Cao Bo raised his glass while he was drunk and celebrated Zhao Wu's birthday: "This cup wishes Wu Zi a long life. I, Cao Bo, sincerely hope that Wu Zi can become the ruler one day. So, in the future, I, Cao Guo, will be so happy to fight with you.

Cao Bo's prayer changed the face of the generals of Jin State - Jin State is a hegemonic country, when will the internal affairs of the hegemonic country allow small countries to have a say?

The current marshal Han Jue is old. The man in his seventies is already in poor energy, but the monarch and minister of Jin have arranged a successor. The successor is present today, Xun Ying, the current commander of the coalition forces. According to the custom of Jin State, he will take over the order after Han Jue.

The Zhao Wu that Cao Bo expected was now only a new general, ranking second to the last among the Eight Priests of Jin State. He prayed that Zhao Wu would be in power. This was too impolite, and it was equivalent to cursing others about to die and let Zhao Wu take over as soon as possible.

In real history, Zhao Wu died early. He was only fifty years old and died in his prime...

Zhao Wu picked up the cup and answered Cao Bo's congratulations calmly: "Cao Bo is drunk."

...

The atmosphere of the subsequent banquet was dull. Soon, the Cao army set off as scheduled. The Jin army had to stay in the local area for a few days - this is also a common practice. Because Duke Wen of Jin was domineering under the banner of "respecting the king", the Jin army would report to the Zhou royal family every time they returned from the battle and obtained approval from the Zhou royal family. Of course, this kind of request was symbolic, and the Zhou royal family never rejected the request of Jin.

This time, the Jin army went south to fight against the Chu State, which intended to "win the title", and naturally won the support of the Zhou royal family. Therefore, according to convention, after the Jin army returned, they would report victory to the Zhou royal family and offer some spoils.

Usually, this kind of thing was brought by the Han family, and the family had the best relationship with the Zhou royal family. Unfortunately, the Han family was not in the army this time, and the Zhao family should have come forward... However, Zhao Wu did not want to go on a mission to Chengzhou, so he did not do anything else, just because he was not very proficient in the Spring and Autumn etiquette and dealt with the royal family, and he was unsure.

The nobles must be cultivated from childhood. The aristocratic flavor of the Spring and Autumn nobles penetrated into their bones. Their behavior has been trained for more than ten years and is completely from the heart and beyond nature. Zhao Wu, a monk who became a monk halfway through, could not learn the aristocratic flavor no matter how hard he worked. In this regard, he always vaguely emphasized that his childhood was spent in barren mountains, and his main experience in childhood was used to avoid the pursuit of enemies, so he lacked learning in etiquette.

This time, Zhao Wu also shunned the job with the excuse of "being afraid of misconduct from etiquette."

He pushed for this job, but others were in a fight for it, because the incident of visiting the Zhou royal family was recorded in history books. No matter who took on this job, it meant that his family could be famous in history. Therefore, Fan Yi wanted to come forward to fight, but then, because his family was not as close to Chengzhou as the Wei family, the job was taken by Wei Jiang.

Later, Wei Jiang was on behalf of the Jin army, and the large army of the Jin army began to repair it in Wangye. Leisurely Zhao Wu met his other father-in-law, the King of Zhou, and the Duke of Shan Ding in his manor.

When Mr. Shan Ding complained when he saw Zhao Wu, "Xiao Wu, since you married my daughter, do you say how much time do you have to accompany her in your usual days?"

After pausing, Mr. Shan Ding leaned close to Zhao Wu and asked carefully: "My daughter is usually the most favored. You throw him at home. Do you think she can beat your Jiaojiao with her personality?"

Zhao Wu thought about it for a while and slowly shook his head: "Can't you fight?"

Then, Zhao Wu asked again: "What does Shan Gong mean?"

Shan Gong pointed to Zhao Wu's manor and replied: "I heard that you are good at casting cities. My Wanqing and Jiaojiao live under the same roof. You can't help but argue every day. It's better to build another city for my daughter to live in."

Mr. Shan said that he would ask Zhao Wu to build another city, but pointed at Zhao Wu's manor in his hand. Zhao Wu understood what he meant - as Hulao City became more and more prosperous and became a large logistics center in the Central Plains, the Zhou royal family was also a little moved. They thought of the manor that they once rewarded Zhao Dun: "Original".

The land of the Zhou royal family is getting less and less, and the life of the royal family is increasingly relying on the alms of others. Therefore, the "original" manor is particularly eye-catching. It is alone in the territory of Chengzhou and has become a storage base for the southern transportation of commodities in Jin State. However, its income makes the Zhou royal family unable to get any cheaper. How can this not make the Zhou royal family catch it?

Fortunately, there was a noble family in the Zhou royal family, who was Zhao Wu's father-in-law.

Jiaojiao's strength is famous all over the country, so Mr. Shan Ding came forward to persuade Zhao Wu to allow his daughter to live apart. From his perspective, the "original" manor is the most suitable. In this way, Miss Shan is close to her parents, and the owner of the manor is replaced by Shan Wanqing, so Mr. Shan can take the opportunity to intervene.

However, a married daughter can only return to her parents' home unless she is driven out of the house by her husband. Even if Mr. Shan is eager to share the profits of the manor, he cannot say: You can drive my daughter out of the house. Therefore, he can only make a vague hint.

"Good idea", Zhao Wu thought about it for a while, and his eyes slowly lit up: "Your idea is good - I plan to build a city for Wanqing in Jiashi, so that city is called 'liu'..."

Shan Gong was a little bitter, he was thinking about "original", but Zhao Wu thought about "stay".

Zhao Wu not only thought of "staying", but what he thought of was: if the development of Jia clan does not rely on a big city, the development efficiency would never be improved, but if he built a city in Jia clan privately, it would probably violate the taboo of the king... If this proposal was proposed by Mr. Shan himself, the meaning would be different. Wang's Qing's status is equivalent to that of the king. For the happiness of his daughter, he made a request out of licking his calf. Zhao Wu turned around and applied to the king for the construction of the city. Can the king not agree?

This time, Zhao Wu captured a large number of Dun Kingdoms. The farmers of Xu Kingdom were transported back to Zhaocheng, which was too eye-catching and could easily cause conflicts between the residents of Zhaocheng. However, if they were all placed in Jiashi, the situation would be different.

"I decided: build a city for Miss Shan in Jia. If Miss Shan gives birth to a child in the future, that city will be her child's residence." Zhao Wu stood up excitedly and paced back and forth.

At this time, most of Zhao Wu were military generals and were not very concerned about internal affairs. Only Dongguo Li went to Hulao City to transport supplies, and was present. After hearing Zhao Wu's words, he barely fulfilled the duties of a civil official and persuaded him: "Master, Zhao's current energy is mainly north of Huo City and south of Tongcheng. He suddenly turned to the development of Jia City. I'm afraid we don't have the energy."

Zhao Wu said excitedly: "You don't understand! The north of Huocheng is just our horse-raising base. The land leads to the inland grassland. No matter how it develops, it will not make a big fortune. Only by going east and developing towards the Jia clan is the way out for me Zhao clan. Now the forces of the Jia clan families are very weak, which is suitable for us to show our strength."

Zhao Wu's development towards Jia's family was due to his understanding of history: at the end of the Warring States Period, under the continuous pressure of Qin, the center of gravity of Zhao's country continued to move eastward, so moving eastward is the development direction. Now, managing Jia's family well means giving Zhao people a deep strategic depth.

In this era, it is very common to move to the city. If the Jia family is well managed, Zhao Wu will move the city to the place to avoid the cruel family battles in China and develop his own territory with peace of mind... Of course, these are all things in the future, and there is no need to explain them now.

Mr. Shan heard the meaning of moving to the city in Zhao Wu's words, and felt a little balanced. Although the royal family's mission was not completed, the purpose of testing was achieved, and his daughter also had a good arrangement. He said a little humble and stood up to say goodbye.

After all, the Zhou royal family did not dare to anger the overlord country too much. After Zhao Wu showed his unwillingness to let others intervene, the Zhou royal family had to let go... A few days later, Wei Jiang completed the task of accident and returned, and the Jin army continued to drive. After the state's armed forces passed through Jimen, the Wei private soldiers turned around and headed south and returned to their territory. The troops of the Zhongxing clan and Fan clan entered the capital.

When Zhao Wu was about to lead his army back to the territory, several people came out of the royal capital to summon: "Your Majesty, please."

Zhao Wu shook his head and continued to maintain his pace. Later, another person reported: "The Marshal is welcome."
To be continued...